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Politicians generally believe they must be seen as “doing something” in reaction to any given crisis, no matter whether that “something” is likely to be effective or not.

The Obama administration this past week decided to “do something” about the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary by, among other things, calling for sweeping gun bans and restrictions. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal swung the pendulum in the other direction, promising to sign legislation to strap sidearms on school personnel.

Are there any cooler heads in elected office capable of reining in this runaway nonsense?

There’s been a lot of speculation about the smaller crowd expected for this year’s inauguration – and now we know why. The president seems to be disinviting all the Christians!

The purging started with Pastor Louie Giglio, who had been scheduled to offer the benediction until homosexual activists dug up a 20-year-old sermon and were shocked to find the Christian minister preaching a Christian message on sexuality.

Did you read about the new state law the Georgia Legislature just passed?

Starting July 1, if you’re driving a passenger vehicle on any interstate highway and a tractor-trailer approaches from behind, you are required to move over and let it pass – even pulling into the breakdown lane if necessary.

The rationale behind this new law seems to be that big trucks are on the highways for business purposes, while many of the cars are there for recreation or pleasure. The truck drivers also pay higher taxes, so they’ll now receive preferential use of the highways.

Almost every day, I am asked to address the difference between food banks and food pantries and which one should we support. There is one food bank in the Augusta area and that is The Golden Harvest Food Bank. Golden Harvest distributes food to families in Columbia County through 12 food pantries.

Those few little paragraphs, tucked into a newspaper employment ad, are like reading a premature obituary.

Innocuously headlined “Executive Director,” it dryly spells out the job description, qualifications and pay range for the position of executive director of the Columbia County Board of Elections, setting a deadline for applications of Jan. 25.